Joseph Kapper
@jayemmbeekay.bsky.social
Transportation enthusiasm, cat step-dad, generally fine. 414 ➡️ 612
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thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
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St. Paul Ward 7 council member Cheniqua Johnson Annan issued a statement last night:
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
St. Paul Ward 7 council member Cheniqua Johnson Annan issued a statement last night:
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gemini croquette contest
...~GEMINI~...
...~GEMINI~...
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
gemini croquette contest
...~GEMINI~...
...~GEMINI~...
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Uber and Lyft are asset-light businesses, which means they don't have any financial incentive to limit fleet size.
If you own your fleet, you have to utilize it efficiently or lose money. If you don't your only incentive is to lower wait time by constantly trying to grow your supply side.
If you own your fleet, you have to utilize it efficiently or lose money. If you don't your only incentive is to lower wait time by constantly trying to grow your supply side.
Remember all the hype about how Uber and Lyft would allow people to live car-free?
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Uber and Lyft are asset-light businesses, which means they don't have any financial incentive to limit fleet size.
If you own your fleet, you have to utilize it efficiently or lose money. If you don't your only incentive is to lower wait time by constantly trying to grow your supply side.
If you own your fleet, you have to utilize it efficiently or lose money. If you don't your only incentive is to lower wait time by constantly trying to grow your supply side.
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Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate
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WISCONSIN PEOPLE, CALL TAMMY BALDWIN ASAP AND TELL HER ABSOLUTELY NOT!
CALL ALL OF THEM. SAY PRIMARY.
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
WISCONSIN PEOPLE, CALL TAMMY BALDWIN ASAP AND TELL HER ABSOLUTELY NOT!
And a good morning to bubbe here…
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
And a good morning to bubbe here…
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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I love that this is literally just
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
hammerandhope.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love that this is literally just
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
Glad @mspairport.bsky.social is refraining from forcing me to watch more videos of this ghoul at TSA.
MSP Airport has joined a growing list of airports declining to show a new video to travelers in which Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and flight delays.
Some U.S. airports decline to show Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for government shutdown, including MSP
Phoenix, Houston, Seattle and several other airports are eschewing the video from the Department of Homeland Security secretary, too.
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Glad @mspairport.bsky.social is refraining from forcing me to watch more videos of this ghoul at TSA.
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On a warm Sunday afternoon in Madison, lots of people were riding their bikes around Monona on the Lake Loop. I tried it another way -- by bus.
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On a warm Sunday afternoon in Madison, lots of people were riding their bikes around Monona on the Lake Loop. I tried it another way -- by bus.
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If you’re a business owner in Uptown, the mayor will grovel for you. If you’re on the West Bank, tough shit, the mayor’s supporters don’t go there. Anyway, if this story doesn’t win an award we should stop giving them out.
Among the details in Seth A. Richardson's excellent, heartbreaking new Racket piece on the death of Palmer's Bar: owner Sarah Dwyer wrote to Mayor Jacob Frey twice to ask for more enforcement of city code to help clean up the neighborhood. Neither letter even received a reply. #DontRankFrey
Goodbye to Palmer’s: A Requiem for Minneapolis’s Weirdest and Wonderfullest Bar - Racket
The landmark West Bank bar will close in 10 days. Here's why that happened—and what will be lost.
racketmn.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you’re a business owner in Uptown, the mayor will grovel for you. If you’re on the West Bank, tough shit, the mayor’s supporters don’t go there. Anyway, if this story doesn’t win an award we should stop giving them out.
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one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar
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HIAS is a Jewish organization that helps refugees. Absolute antisemitism here among all the other hate.
His rifle had "Thank God for Breivik" and "Brenton 4ever" carved into it, along with the name of Pittsburgh Synagogue Murderer Robert Bowers, and OKC bomber Timothy McVeigh.
August 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
HIAS is a Jewish organization that helps refugees. Absolute antisemitism here among all the other hate.
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people underestimate dewayne davis. every time i talk to him, i learn new depths to his political savvy thanks to his years in DC where notably, the political press has electeds and those working for them under a much harsher level of scrutiny than we have here in minneapolis
August 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
people underestimate dewayne davis. every time i talk to him, i learn new depths to his political savvy thanks to his years in DC where notably, the political press has electeds and those working for them under a much harsher level of scrutiny than we have here in minneapolis
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Solved the male loneliness epidemic at today's meeting of the charter commission when Elliott Payne and I locked eyes, eyelids stretched as far apart as possible, as if we were the only two men left alive who remember passage of the 2021 strong mayor ballot question.
Frey playing the hits: "if everyone's in charge nobody's in charge."
August 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Solved the male loneliness epidemic at today's meeting of the charter commission when Elliott Payne and I locked eyes, eyelids stretched as far apart as possible, as if we were the only two men left alive who remember passage of the 2021 strong mayor ballot question.
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Scenes from the APTA Sustainability/Operations Planning Workshop full-day multimodal tour.
August 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Scenes from the APTA Sustainability/Operations Planning Workshop full-day multimodal tour.
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Friend: Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish?
Me: Well, what he did to that bat was no mitzvah I’ll tell you what.
*group chat standing ovation*
Me: Well, what he did to that bat was no mitzvah I’ll tell you what.
*group chat standing ovation*
July 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Friend: Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish?
Me: Well, what he did to that bat was no mitzvah I’ll tell you what.
*group chat standing ovation*
Me: Well, what he did to that bat was no mitzvah I’ll tell you what.
*group chat standing ovation*
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I’ve been looking for a Colbert quote to post that did suitable justice to my reference for him. I think this might be it.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ve been looking for a Colbert quote to post that did suitable justice to my reference for him. I think this might be it.
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As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
June 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.
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Alright, since all of you have mayoral primary fever and everyone on here has figured out RCV, let's shift gear from the Big Apple to the "Mini Apple."
June 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Alright, since all of you have mayoral primary fever and everyone on here has figured out RCV, let's shift gear from the Big Apple to the "Mini Apple."